A Geese Scandal? Plus: Live Nation Monopoly, Coachella, Angine De Poitrine, and My New Band Believe

A Geese Scandal? Plus: Live Nation Monopoly, Coachella, Angine De Poitrine, and My New Band Believe

April 17, 2026 · 1h 2m · Episode 274

About this episode

The episode discusses a court ruling against Live Nation, digital marketing in music, highlights from Coachella, and reviews of new music.

A hashing-heavy episode opens with news of a big recent court ruling against Live Nation (1:15) and whether it might lead to cheaper concert tickets. The guys then talk about a digital marketing company linked to Geese and many other indie acts that pumps up social-media chatter (8:32). After that, they discuss their favorite highlights of the ongoing Coachella festival (28:00), do a "yay or nay" on the viral math-rock band Angine De Poitrine (37:45) and review the new album by My New Band Believe (45:59). In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the band Garden Ants while Steven stumps for The Delines (56:22). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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